Photos: Inside the Michener Centre

Journal columnist Paula Simons recently visited the Michener Centre in Red Deer to talk to families upset by the province’s plan to close the 90-year-old facility.

Shayne Whyte with his parents Muriel and Ron, outside Shaye’s house on May 9, 2013. For the Whyte family, the Michener Centre has been a godsend, after years of searching for a safe, secure, non-institutional environment for their son. The family is protesting the province’s plans to close the Red Deer facility.